Just pass it on down to builtin/repack.
Signed-off-by: Nathaniel Filardo <nwf20@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-gc.txt | 4 ++++
builtin/gc.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 247f765604..6f9f15ef19 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ be performed as well.
`.keep` files are consolidated into a single pack. When this
option is used, `gc.bigPackThreshold` is ignored.
+--assume-pack-keep-transitive::
+ Pass the `--assume-pack-keep-transitive` option to `git-repack`;
+ see linkgit:git-repack[1].
+
AGGRESSIVE
----------
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 8943bcc300..1b304631c5 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ static void gc_before_repack(void)
int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int aggressive = 0;
+ int assume_pack_keep_transitive = 0;
int auto_gc = 0;
int quiet = 0;
int force = 0;
@@ -547,6 +548,8 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-largest-pack", &keep_base_pack,
N_("repack all other packs except the largest pack")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "assume-pack-keep-transitive", &assume_pack_keep_transitive,
+ N_("assume kept packs reference only kept packs")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -585,6 +588,8 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
if (quiet)
argv_array_push(&repack, "-q");
+ if (assume_pack_keep_transitive)
+ argv_array_push(&repack, "--assume-pack-keep-transitive");
if (auto_gc) {
/*
--
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